Alienware Area-51m

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 118% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	117% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Area-51m (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware Area-51m
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190522
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '19 at 23:31
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$252 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 110 2-Core 317 92% 174 Pts	4-Core 630 8-Core 1205 109% 918 Pts	64-Core 1,188 74% 1,188 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080 (Mobile) 4,380 User benchmarks, average bench 112% Dell(1028 08C4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.72 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 155 Parallax 164 126% 158 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 138 Splatting 106 112% 142 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kbg30zms256g NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB 7,395 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: ADDA0105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 216 217 200 190 176 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 646 Write 200 Mixed 249 SusWrite 198 71% 323 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 87.5 4K Mixed 24.7 124% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 131 130% 215 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 141%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 931GB free Firmware: SDM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 132 135 133 135 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 109 Write 64.9 Mixed 104 SusWrite 128 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 2.3 409% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GB 18,486 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 22.4 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 32.2 SC Mixed 25.4 74% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 84%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 99%

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Workstation 110%

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System: Alienware Area-51m

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	216x
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	186x
Core i7-9700Intel $260Bench 92%, 79,875 samples	100x

GPU
RTX 2080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 112%, 4,380 samples	204x
GeForce RTX 2070NvidiaBench 89%, 5,557 samples	94x
RTX 2070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 88%, 23,316 samples	80x

SSD
Raid 0 Volume 512GBIntelBench 191%, 18,578 samples	40x
Raid 0 Volume 1TBIntelBench 242%, 17,176 samples	38x
NVMe SK hynix 512GBPc400Bench 186%, 2,374 samples	19x

RAM
HMA82GS6JJR8N-VK 2x16GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,839 samples	46x
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 13,906 samples	24x
16ATF2G64HZ-2G6E1 2x16GBUnknownBench 79%, 7,078 samples	24x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $412

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16